Reconstruction:Proto-Celtic/wentā

This Proto-Celtic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Celtic

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *h₁wen- (“place, location (?)”).[1] cognate with Ancient Greek εὐνή (eunḗ, “bed”).

Noun

*wentā f[1]

  1. place, town

Declension

Feminine ā-stem
singular dual plural
nominative *wentā *wentai *wentās
vocative *wentā *wentai *wentās
accusative *wentam *wentai *wentāns
genitive *wentās *wentous *wentom
dative *wentāi *wentābom *wentābos
locative *wentai *? *?
instrumental *? *wentābim *wentābis

Descendants

  • Proto-Brythonic:
    • Middle Welsh: cadwent (“battlefield”)
  • → Latin: Venta (possibly)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Matasović, Ranko (2009) “*wentā”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, page 413
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